Christmas is coming to Dublin
Dec | November 2, 2008Now that Halloween is over Christmas will rapidly arrive in Dublin. In fact according to todays Irish Times website a new high-tech Christmas tree will be erected on O’Connell St and the lighting ceremony will be November 9th.
A French-designed Christmas tree lighting up Dublin’s O’Connell Street this year will offer a beacon of hope amid the recession, it was claimed today.
The 60ft structure, which weights five tonnes and is composed of 100,000 bulbs of different sizes, will replace the traditional natural evergreen.
I didnt realise things had gotten so bad in Dublin that we now needed a “beacon of hope” but sure it sounds pretty and might make for a nice photograph.
Update: Anyone who wants to see what the “beacon of hope” will look like should check out the photograph (?) on BreakingNews.ie. This is more a ferrero rocher tree than a Christmas Tree.
I bet it costs a damn sight more than a traditional evergreen too!
Christmas is a great time of the year in Dublin. Hopefully we’ll have the same amount of visitors and shoppers as last year (what recession?) Important to book your accommodation early to make use of the special offers available.
A.A.D.